Oil-gas burner



E.'B. PIPPINGER. 01 GAS BURNER.

APPLlCATiON FILED OCT. 8,192].

1 4L3%263. Patented Oct. 311, 1922.

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INVENTOR ATTORNEY E. B. PIPPINGER.

OIL GAS BURNER.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 8,1921.

Patented Oct. 31, 192-2.

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WITNESS:

EDWIN B. PIPPINGEB, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.

OIL-GAS BURNER.

Application filed October 8, 1921.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWIN B. PirriNsnn, a citizen of the United States,residing at Kansas City, in the county of Jackson and State of Missouri;have invented. new and useful improvements in Oil-Gas Burners, of whichthe following is specification.

This invention relates to gas heaters and liquid fuel burners and hasfor its object the provision of a novel device by means of which oil,such as kerosene or the like may be gasified. and burnt for producingheat without smoke and without a carbon deposit.

An important and more specific object is the provision of a burner ofthis character which includes a drum or cylinder into which the liquidfuel is fed, a priming pan being provided beneath the cylinder or drumfor initially heating the latter so to convert the oil into gas when theoil is fed into the drum or cylinder" a plurality of burners beingdisposed in parallel relation to the drum or cylinder and having jetscertain of which direct the flame against the cylinder for maintainingthe same highly heated for insuring volatilization.

Still another object is the provision of a device of this character inwhich the drum or cylinder has one end provided with a detachable spiderlike member with which are associated a plurality of lines, it beingpossible to use certain of the gas lines under some conditions and moreor all of them under other conditions depending upon. the degree of heatdesired and depending upon the propose for which the device is to beused.

An additional object is the provision of a device of this characterwhich will be simple a ud inexpensive in manufacture, easy to use.highly eliicient in use. durable in service and a general improven'ientin the art.

With the above and other objects and advantages in view, the inventionconsists in the details of construction to be hereinafter more fullydescribed and claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawings inwhich:

Figure l is a plan view of a separate form of my device.

Figure 2 is a side elevation thereof.

Figure 3 is an end view.

Figure 4 is a cross sectional View.

Serial No. 506,456.

Figure 5 is an end view showing a modified form and Figure 6 is a crosssectional view therethrough.

lleferring more particularly to the draw ings I have shown my device ascomprising two end castings 10 which are connected by longitudinallyextending rods 11 and each of which. includes spaced legs 12 connectedby a transverse rod 18. Resting upon the two transverse rods 13 is apriming pan 1-1 of suitable size and shape within which is located a pad15 of asbestos or the like which is designed to be saturated withgasoline or other highly combustible fuel, this fuel being ignited for apurpose to be described. Each casting 10 has its upper edge formedconcaved as indicated to define a saddle l6 and resting within the twosaddle members is an elongated cylinder or drum 17 into one end of whichleads a pipe 18 connected with a suitable reservoir tank 19 this pipebeing provided with a control valve 20.

The other end of this cylinder or drum is closed by a cap 21 from thecenter of which extends a threaded nipple 522. In the simpliest form ofmy device as shown in Figures 1 to 4t inclusive. 1 show a pipe 23 whichis screwed intermediate its ends upon this nipple 22 and which has itsends carrying elbows 24 into which are screwed gas line pipes 25 whichare disposed at opposite sides of the cylinder or drum in spacedparallel relation thereto and which have their free ends closed by caps26 and which are provided throughout their length with perforations orholes 27 certain of which face toward the cylinder and other of whichface in the op posite direction.

In the operation of the device it will be seen that initially the pad 15is saturated with a very inflammable material such as gasoline which issubsequently ignited, and the valve is open to permit fuel to pass, fromthe tank 19 into the cylinder 15. As the fuel in the pad 15 burns thecylinder will of course become highly heated and the fuel enteringthrough the pipe 18 will be gasified and will pass out through thenipple 22 into the pipe 23 and the gas line pipe from which the gasifiedfuel will issue through the holes 27 where it may be ignited. The holesfacing toward the cylinder or drum will prosame in heated conditionafter the fuel on the pad 15 has been all consumed, The other jets ofcourse provide flame for other purposes, whether for heating or foranyother desired purpose,

In order that the device may be adapted for use where a much greaterdegree of heat is desired, and for instance when the device is intendedto be built upon a large scale, I may make use of the structure shown inFigures 5 and 6.

In Figures 5 and 6 I have replaced the transverse pipes 23 with a spiderlike or disc like casting 28 which has its central portion formed hollowas shown at 29, the center of this hollow portion bein formed with athreaded hole screwed upon the nipple 22. Leading from the hollowportion 29 of this casting is a plurality of radially arranged pipes 30the free ends of which are connected with gas conducting pipes 31 whichextend along the sides of the cylinder or drum 17. These pipes 31 are ofcourse provided with suitable perforations or holes 32 which operate inexactly the same manner as the holes 27 in the pipes 25 of thepreviously described form. The only difference between this form and thefirst described form is that the cylinder is practically surrounded bythe gas conducting pipes 31 all of which are parallel with one anotherand parallel with the cylinder.

From the foregoing description and a study of the drawings it will beapparent that I have thus provided a simply constructed and consequentlyinexpensive device by means of which liquid fuel such as oil of variouskinds may be gasified and thus placed under more or less pressure andsubsequently distributed to a plurality of burners which are so arrangedand formed as to provide jets of flame which will play against thevaporizing drum or cylinder for the purpose of maintaining the latter ina hotter condition for proper volatilization or vaporization of theliquid fuel. It will also be apparent that the device is adapted for usein its simple form and also that it is adapted to have the attachmentassociated therewith whereby it may be elaborated and have its heatingability increased to a great extent for use not only in the homes butalso in factories, large buildings, locomotives and other places whereintense heat is desired. It will be also observed that owing to 1 ,esnscs the construction there will be the evolution of an unusual degreeof heat without the presence of noxious gases, or without the formationof carbon deposits.

While I have shown and described the preferred embodiment of theinvention, it is of course to be understood that I reserve the right tomake such changes in the form, construction and arrangement of parts aswill not depart from the spirit of the invention or the scope of thesubjoined claims.

Having thus described the invention I claim:

l. A device of the character described comprising a support includingspaced end members formed at their upper edges with saddles, aprimingpan carried by said end members and containing absorbent materialdesigned to be saturated with an inflammable liquid, an elongatedcylindrical drum leaning upon said saddle members, a valve control fuelinlet pipe leading into one end of said drum, a nipple at the other endof said drum, a horizontally extending distributing pipe havin threadedconnection with said nipple and having its ends carrying elbows, andcaps and gas conducting pipes carried by said elbows and extending inspaced parallel relation to said drums and provided throughout theirlengths with a plurality of perforations providing jets.

2. A device of the character described comprising a support includingend members arranged in spaced relation and formed with saddles, eachend member including a pair of spaced legs, a rod connecting the legs ofeach end member, an elongated priming pan leaning upon said rods, andcontaining a pad of absorbent material designed to be saturated with aninflammable liquid, an elongated cylindrical drum leaning upon saidsaddle members above said pan, a valve control fuel inlet pipe leadinginto one end of said drum, an outlet nipple at the other end of saiddrum, a hollow distributing member screwed upon said nipple, a pluralityof radially extending pipes leading from said hollow distributing memberand carrying elbows, and gas conducting pipes carriedby said elbows andextending in spaced parallel relation to said drum and arrangedperipherally thereabout, the free ends of said last named pipes beingcapped and said last named pipes being provided throughout their lengthswith holes certain of which face toward the cylinder or drum.

EDWIN B. PIPPINGER.

